Vintage Tatting - An Edging from 1947

 

From Workbasket, October 1947, an intriguing variation on the standard "bunch of grapes" tatted Vandyke edging.  The entire issue (including another tatting pattern) is available as a free download from the Vintage Pattern Library.

It's worth noting that 1947 seems to have been the year that WB started running advertisements.

Happy National Nurses Day

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets.  To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel. ~ Aldo Leopold.

Grrrsday

 

Just in case there is still one person in the English-speaking world who has not heard this story.

Vintage Handiwork - Stencils and Applique Patterns from 1924

 

From the February, 1924 issue of the Delineator, an advertising page of stencils and appliques to enlarge and copy.

Happy National Brunch Month

 

And have one of these with your quiche.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it. ~ Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. 

Vintage Crochet - Workbasket Magazine, July 1947

 

The July 1947 issue is all-crochet, with those adorable pansy pan-holders shown above and a menagerie of crochet animals to applique starting on page 8.

The other projects are booties and a carriage robe for baby, and a rose insertion in filet.  The entire issue can be downloaded for free from the Antique Pattern Library (click on the pdf option at left to download).

Happy Move More Month, National Park Week, and Earth Day

 

photo from americanrivers.org

Convenient, no?

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

I'm waiting at RDU
for Susan's multiply
delayed flight with

a jar of pickles
a woman flying out 
after visiting Mount

Olive college couldn't
take on board even
though it would have been

I'm sure a precious memento 
and maybe her only reminder
of North Carolina if
she doesn't come back. ~ Chris Mazzara

Grrrsday

 I don't know what they're up to, but I don't like it.

Children's Crafts - Plant Pots from 1953

 With spring (almost - sorry about that, Utah) upon us, here are some easy projects for plant pots to decorate in various ways.  From my personal copy of McCall's Golden Book, published 1953.  

Vintage Advertising - Chiffon Soap Flakes

 

Woman's Day, September 1947

Oh, and happy National Laundry Day.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Look, the dreamer is coming!  Let us now kill him and cast him into some pit...We shall see what will become of his dreams.  Genesis 37:18-20.

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Tatting from the Antique Pattern Library

 

Tatting and It's Uses, by Miss Johanna Rubli, undated but sometime in the 1910's from the illustrations.  Some lovely medallions and edgings, and a free download from the Antique Pattern Library.